Bird House Rules — Episode #9: Location, Location,...
No, you're not seeing things. I'm back, and I'm coming out of the Bird House swinging!
It's been a long break, the first half of it expected and the other half completely unexpected; and I return...
Special Edition: Cirque du Social Media
As promised, here's a completely off-the-beaten-path episode of Bird House Rules (which will also appear on Imagine That Studio's In Your Right Mind and the New Zealand podcast Whispers at the Edge....
Birdhouse Rules: The Pilot Episode
Welcome to Birdhouse Rules, the Official Podcast of All a Twitter and Sams Teach Yourself Twitter in Ten Minutes.
This is the Pilot Episode or more commonly referred to as "Episode 0" in podcasting....
Tee Morris on Radio New Zealand
To give this new blog a proper kick off, I offer up Part One of an interview featured at Imagine That! Studios. Enjoy!
Te Papa, the National Museum of New Zealand, introduced me to Radio New Zealand...
From @BrightEyedDyer who DMed me the breaking news and confirmed by both @LibraryCongress and USA Today comes an unexpected bit of news from Washington D.C. The Library of Congress has acquired Twitter archives dating back to 2006!
The Library of Congress go into details on their Facebook page, but USA Today reports the institution’s motivations in a nutshell:
The library notes that Twitter processes more than 50 million tweets a day and says its emphasis will be on the ”scholarly and research implications of the acquisition.”
Expect a deeper dive into this topic on the next Bird House Rules; but for now, think of all the goofy things you’ve said and done since you’ve been flying about the birdhouse…and now think “Hey, my tweets are heading for the Library of Congress!”
Don’t you dare change a thing in how you tweet. After all, it’s that unabashed honesty that got you (and the rest of us Twitterakians) into these hallowed halls!
As mentioned in the previous Bird House Rules postings, Que Publishing has once again featured All a Twitter in Barnes & Noble Bookstores everywhere, and in my response to Que’s “Whatever you can do to get the word out…”query, I feature Michele Price, the host of Breakthrough Business. On her BlogTalkRadio show we talk about Twitter, about my job at Intersections Inc (which you will find out more about later on Imagine That! Studios), and about approaches that go against the grain of the marketing books. We talk about how “old school marketing” just doesn’t work with Social Media, and how businesses need to understand that Twitter (and Social Media, on a whole) is about people.
We had a blast on this interview, and I hope you enjoy the listen. Feel free to comment, post, and share!
With the return of Bird House Rules, I am getting back into my groove on this blog. Que Publishing has been instrumental in bringing me back into this groove after contacting me concerning All a Twitter. As mentioned in the previous BHR, the book is being featured once again in Barnes & Noble Bookstores everywhere, and asked me “Whatever you can do to get the word out…” I sent out a query to my Twitter and Facebook networks, letting them know that I was available for interviews.
From Twitter I heard from long-time-friend of the Bird House @Odin1eye who featured me in a particularly fun interview on his blog View From Vahalla. This blog features podcast reviews, commentary and rants on Social Media and the world it impacts, and (now) interviews. Odin1eye and I talk about about how Twitter has changed, where it is headed, and what went into the writing of All a Twitter. Here’s a selection from the interview:
Numerous Twitter users are pointing out that Twitter forced them to change their passwords out of the blue. According to blogger Andrew Girdwood, these users have received an e-mail containing the following message: “Due to concern that your account may have been compromised in a phishing attack that took place off-Twitter, your password was reset,” together with a link for resetting the password.
Although the e-mail itself looks like a phishing attack, it’s genuine; it seems that admins at Twitter have discovered something fishy is going on, and they’re trying to prevent further damage before it happens.
I’ve been reading up on this all morning (with postings from TechCrunchandThe Washington Postas examples); and while this situation shouldn’t be taken lightly, I am not scrambling to change my passwords on my accounts. Why?
I’m finding out about this scam via Twitter.
The people on Twitter are finding out via an “official email” from Twitter.com.
On Twitter’s Status and News blogs and on Twitter’s own feed, there is no mention of this phishing scam whatsoever.
The audio is still the same, but now I have MOVING PICTURES to go with it! this is NOT going to be a regular feature at the Bird House, but when the mood strikes me, when the time allows, and when it is something that REALLY NEEDS the visuals, I will offer this kind of video addendum. I hope you all enjoy it!
Imagine That! Studios now presents to you the highlights of TweetDeck v0.32.1…in colour!
Featured movie and TV clips:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Feel free to syndicate this audio, and provide feedback or topics you’d like to hear discussed on Bird House Rules at 703.791.1701, tmorris (at) imaginethatstudios (dot) com,Twitter, or here at the Bird House Rules Blog!
This has been a long time coming, and I have decided to pull out all the stops and not only post a longer-than-usual BHR, but in the feed tomorrow and posting on YouTube as well will be an accompanying video companion to this podcast, filmed and edited on both Camtasia and the Final Cut Suite, bit-cheeezzz!
A labor of love and a lot to take in, here comes the highlights of TweetDeck v0.32.1!
Feel free to syndicate this audio, and provide feedback or topics you’d like to hear discussed on Bird House Rules at 703.791.1701, tmorris (at) imaginethatstudios (dot) com,Twitter, or here at the Bird House Rules Blog!
A question I get a lot on Twitter is what the “RT” preceding a tweet is all about? That’s the “Retweet” and this episode spends some quality time talking about a popular method of making 140-character posts a viral sensation. I retweet. Many Twitterakians retweet. It’s a part of Twitter. This means that, of course, some users really abuse the retweet.
So for this particular Bird House Rules, take your shoes off at the door, assume the Lotus position, and breathe in deep. We are here to explore the Zen of Retweet.
Feel free to syndicate this audio, and provide feedback or topics you’d like to hear discussed on Bird House Rules at 703.791.1701, tmorris (at) imaginethatstudios (dot) com,Twitter, or here at the Bird House Rules Blog!
A few podcasters have asked if the Bird House had a promo for people to play on their own respective podcasts. I hadn’t really gotten around to it until podcaster and storyteller Starla Hutchon asked me for a promo to kick off an episode of The Dreamer’s Thread. So I finally settled down and put together something for people to circulate and play in their own podcasts, or just to drop in their feeds for the fun of it.
As promised, here’s a completely off-the-beaten-path episode of Bird House Rules (which will also appear on Imagine That Studio’s In Your Right Mind and the New Zealand podcast Whispers at the Edge. Three times the size of a usual Bird House Rules, this special edition features special guest Philippa Ballantine, and is part-Social Media discussion/part-Arts Review of Cirque Du Soleil. Cirque offered to Blogworld attendees free tickets to any of their shows in exchange for reviews of whatever show they saw.
We wanted to say “Thank you” and go above and beyond what Cirque asked of us. Enjoy this special edition of Bird House Rules and Whispers at the Edge, and make plans to catch a Cirque du Soleil show in Las Vegas.
Feel free to syndicate this audio, and provide feedback or topics you’d like to hear discussed on Bird House Rules at 703.791.1701, tmorris (at) imaginethatstudios (dot) com,Twitter, or here at the Bird House Rules Blog!
Today on Twitter I got an unexpected DM from a familiar name in my network:
When I clicked on the link, I was asked for my Username and Password. Ummm…no. So I attempted to ping my Twitter contact here and ask if this was, in fact, a real URL. I could not get a DM reply to appear.
And then on the main feed, I saw this from @spam, Twitter’s Spam Hotline:
You might think this is common sense, but it may surprise you how easily people surrender their passwords, particularly from DMs coming from friends and acquaintances.
Be careful! Someone is out there get phreaky with the phishing.
Just remember these safety twips when you are out in the Twitterverse:
Never give out your password, even if it’s to someone you know or if they are promising you a bucketload of followers.
If you do get a DM asking for your password, try to contact the friend on the open feed asking why?
If someone is, in fact, DMing others with your account, immediately change your password, log out, wait a few ticks, then log in with the new password.
If you can, change your password for Twitter every 30-60 days.
Twitter is on the case, but make sure you let your fellow Twitterakians know that something is afoot. Stay safe, everyone, and tweet happy!
